Indianapolis Motor Speedway has always meant something to me, from the time I was two months old, to now I was up here, watching Indy cars. There is nothing like the Month of May at Indianapolis, especially spending it with the ones who mean the most to you.
The typical teenagers high school life flies by, but normally not at more than 220 miles an hour. As a racing prodigy he's not living the life of a typical 19 year old college bound kid.
The Verizon Indycar series kicked off The Official 1st and 2nd sessions of Grand Prix practice Thursday morning. Practice sessions ran for 45 minutes each and drivers took any where from 11 to 22 laps around the 2.434 mile, 14 turn course.
Kansas is not as sexy as Talladega, I admit. It is not a Daytona, a Darlington, and it is no Indianapolis. I think having the race named after a series of sponsors instead of seeking a real identity might have something to do with that. Still, some big names have been among the 16 winners there since they first started up the engines back in 2001.
As an American racing fan, be it NASCAR, IndyCar, F1, or just about anything else, you know racing really isn't covered well at all by mainstream sports media.
We are closing in fast on one of the biggest days in the motorsport world. Formula 1 will run the historic Monaco Grand Prix Sunday followed by the 97th Indianapolis 500 and will conclude with the longest race in NASCAR, the Coke 600.
Ryan Briscoe capitalized on a great opportunity Sunday afternoon at Infineon Raceway to earn his first win in over two years. Will Power dominated the first half of the race, but on lap 64, things went amiss.
On July 31st, it was announced that Sonoma Raceway will undergo three slight modifications to its track layout before the GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma. The changes made to turns seven, nine, and eleven were conducted with the intent to create more overtaking throughout the race weekend.
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course was the sight of some fast IZOD IndyCar's today. Will Power, who led yesterday's practice session, put his Penske Racing machine atop the speed charts with a lap of 1:05.647.
